People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 463 Difficult siege, Smoke Creek Trap

A huge rolling stone kept rolling in mid-air, and then smashed hard on the deck of the warship.

All of a sudden, fragments flew across.

The leaky warship that had already started to sink, immediately began to tilt, sinking unstoppably.

Wen Fuzhi raised his gloomy gaze, and saw Li Xuan at the gate at a glance.

The two looked at each other, and Wen Fuzhi clearly saw the disdain in the corners of Li Xuan's eyes, and for a moment, he burst into anger.

Li Xuan smiled contemptuously, and continued to look at Jiang Zhong.

All around the sinking warship, the other supporting boats couldn't get close at all.

Pieces of rolling stones fell on the top of the head, and if you got a little closer, the rolling stones would hit you immediately.

Just smash it over.

The navy soldiers on the warship jumped off the boat one after another, and then swam back from the bottom of the water.

They abandoned ship.

Li Xuan stood on top of the city gate, watching all this calmly, trying to make an example to the monkeys, and let them understand that if they don't pay a fair price, they don't want to win Sanhe Pass.

Fighting on the battlefield has always been the cruelest, but also the easiest to shake people's hearts.

Li Xuan looked past Wen Fuzhi and landed on the soldiers further back.

Some people have worried faces and fearful eyes, while others have excited eyes and are naturally bloodthirsty.

Although Yuan Chao had already killed a group of them, there were still quite a few devout believers of the Tianyin Sect in this fleet.

If these people are not killed, this war will not end.

……

On the city gate, Yao Zhi stood beside Li Xuan, looking at the completely sunken warship and the floating corpse, he couldn't help but said with emotion: "It seems that Captain Zhu hasn't experienced this for a long time. There is a water war, and even the most basic things like this have been forgotten.”

Li Xuan kept looking forward, and shook her head slightly: "I heard that Captain Zhu once served in the Hangzhou Navy, and may have strangled pirates against the Navy, so he is better at sea warfare. War, he is a little stranger."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused for a while, looked at Yao Zhi and said, "Perhaps it is because of this that Zhu Xi met the Zhoushan pirates... The three brothers of the Bai family are dead, and the traces of the Zhoushan pirates may fall on him .”

"Yeah!" Yao Zhi nodded.

The death of the three Bai brothers was unexpected, but fortunately, there is still a chance to find out the whereabouts of the Zhoushan pirates.

At this moment, more boats were lowered from the warships in the distance.

Many black-clothed soldiers were carried on these small boats, and these black-clothed soldiers suddenly jumped into the water before the boats reached the stone-throwing range.

It was a group of water ghosts.

As soon as the water ghosts jumped into the water, the catapult immediately became unable to threaten them.

Li Xuan looked at this scene, couldn't help but shook her head, and said, "In this way, Sanhe Gate won't last long."

"My lord still wants to copy the record of Meiling Pass at Sanhe Pass. It's not easy." Yao Zhi couldn't help laughing.

Water warfare is different from land warfare, and there are too many factors that are difficult to control.

Li Xuan waved her hand, put away her thoughts, and continued to look into the distance.

A water ghost jumped off the boat and dived into the water to find and destroy the hidden wooden piles under the water surface.

Sanhe Pass is located at the entrance of the Wujiang River into the endless mountains. The water surface in this area has already started to narrow. In addition, after the establishment of Sanhe Pass, the government began to deliberately control the number of boats, so the boat traffic is even more restricted.

The depth of the hundreds of meters of river in this area is lower than other places, so it is easier to build wooden piles on the bottom of the river.

Sanhe Pass had received the order to close the pass more than ten days ago.

Whether it was Li Xuan, Wang Fanglin, or even Yuezhou Sima Yao Zhi, they ordered the river defense to be strengthened more than once, and even personally inspected it.

In this case, who will slack off.

Shen Lin, the guard of Sanhe Pass, knew how powerful this was, so she was well prepared in every way.

When the big boat of the Tianyin Sect came here, once it encountered a wooden stake hidden under the water, it would immediately be unable to move forward again.

The draft of the warship itself is deeper than other ordinary ships, and they don't know the real location of the hidden stake, so they can only send water ghosts into the water to explore slowly.

"Your Majesty, why didn't they enter the customs together with His Majesty, and then suddenly exploded. After all, it was easier to attack the city, so why did they choose to expose it early?" Yao Zhi suddenly asked a question.

When Li Xuan left before, the guards commanded her to leave Sanhe Pass carefully.

When he returned before, if he wanted to enter the customs smoothly, he not only needed the soldiers who had been locked up to untie all the iron chains on the water, but also had to be led by the defenders to pass through the hidden piles.

As long as they passed through the hidden piles under the water safely, it would no longer be a problem to win the entire Sanhe Pass.

Li Xuan glanced at Wen Fuyi in the distance, and said softly: "Before this king gathered all the generals above the team rate, I planned to bring these people into the pass together. No more threats.

Wen Fuzhi also saw this, so he acted ahead of time to let these people return to the ship, and the navy immediately restarted its combat power. "

As Li Xuan said, she looked directly at the water. Rolling stones on the shore would fall from time to time, but it was difficult to hurt people underwater.

At this time, there was a sudden shout of killing from the side of the mountain in the distance. Hundreds of soldiers in blue uniforms rushed out from behind the mountain. The killed scattered and fled.

Some people even jumped directly into the river.

Wen Fuzhi also saw this scene, he couldn't help but shook his head, and said, "I've known for a long time that the king of Nanchang is very scheming, but I didn't expect it to be so comprehensive!"

Zhu Xi shook his head: "The naval army has the tactics of the naval army. Although the king of Nanchang has some strategies, he doesn't know the method of water warfare."

Wen Fuzhi looked at the top of the city again, and said, "Let's take down Sanhe Pass first."

……

As the sun sets, the Wujiang River sparkles.

A heavy wooden stake floated up from the bottom of the river, then went down the river, and was soon hit by the racket on the warship to other places.

Wen Fuzhi watched the river gradually being cleaned up, without much excitement on his face.

On the city wall in the distance, Li Xuan and Yao Zhi were still watching all this calmly.

"He is really cautious!" Li Xuan sighed, and said with a chuckle: "If Fang Fengjin can have such patience, then the unlucky one at Meiling Pass will be my king."

A warship moved forward slowly, and many warships behind were lined up. Except for the chains that had to be broken, the hidden stakes could be avoided as much as possible, and the power of the trebuchet on the shore immediately weakened a lot.

Yao Zhi said indifferently: "But he also lost time. Although the soldiers did not suffer many casualties, they consumed a lot of patience."

"It's time, half of the remaining catapults start to double fire, and the remaining half, evacuate immediately." Li Xuan ordered decisively.

"Follow the order!" Yao Zhi immediately cupped his hands.

They didn't even intend to stick to Sanhe Pass.

For Li Xuan, the terrain of Sanhe Pass is not suitable for making too much use of it.

Although there is a certain terrain advantage here, the warship has greatly offset this advantage.

Li Xuan's most powerful cavalry could not perform well here.

There is also fire attack, which is also very inappropriate.

So just withdraw.

……

A full moon hung high in the sky, the earth was bright, and Wen Fuzhi finally set foot on the Sanhe Pass.

Zhu Xi led his subordinates to greet him immediately, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Sir, the king of Nanchang has already removed everything that can be evacuated in advance, leaving us only an empty city."

"It's good to have an empty city. I'm really worried. When you entered, the whole Guancheng suddenly caught fire, and then burned all of you to death." Wen Fu sneered subconsciously, and then looked to the northwest Direction: "It's just summer now, and there is little northwest wind. Even if there is something wrong with this Sanhe Pass, they are the ones who burned it. That's why the King of Nanchang wants to evacuate."

"The chief executive said it is true." Zhu Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Since Wen Fuzhi regained control of the navy, they have reconnected with Muzhou, and they know more about the details of the battle at Meiling Pass, and the methods used by King Nanchang. Learn more.

"The terrain here is not suitable for the king of Nanchang to play, but on this Wujiang River, there is always a place suitable for the king of Nanchang to play. We must be careful." Wen Fuzhi walked into Sanhe Pass.

Just a few steps after walking in, a team leader in gray came out to greet Wen Fuzhi and Zhu Xi, "Chief manager, captain, brothers, not long after eating, many people had diarrhea. We...we found croton powder in the seized granary grain..."

"Croton powder?" Zhu Xi punched his fist bitterly, and cursed angrily: "Damn King of Nanchang, don't use serious methods, use all these crooked methods."

"How many people are there? Can we still act overnight tonight?" Wen Fuzhi hurriedly asked, and he still expected to reach Lanxi County in the early morning of tomorrow.

"Thirty percent of the brothers..." Before the team leader had finished reporting, the sound of footsteps behind him sounded again.

Wen Fuzhi turned around quickly, and saw a team leader holding a long knife, rushing quickly from outside the city.

He was breathing heavily, and there was still a large piece of blood on his left cheek. Before he could stand still, he had already handed over his hands and reported: "I will report to the captain, to the chief officer, we will suddenly encounter three hundred cavalry, one cavalry charge Under the circumstances, we were already dispersed, and the cavalry retreated after a slaughter."

"Where are our people now?" Wen Fuzhi asked coldly.

"I've already returned to Guancheng." The team leader lowered his head in shame.

"How many of our people have died?" Wen Fuzhi asked again.

"100 people died in the battle, and more than 200 people were injured." The team leader bowed his head desperately.

"Three hundred cavalry can easily frustrate my former army. The King of Nanchang, he doesn't want me to leave Sanhe Pass so easily!" Zhu Xi waved his hand, signaling that the team to lead down, and then Zhu Xi sent everyone together Drive out.

At this time, he looked at Wen Fuzhi and said: "With these cavalry here, let alone today, tomorrow, I will never leave the vicinity of the river easily, and my stock of food and grass is only two days... "

"No, it's only one day. Under the battle, the consumption of rations is accelerating." Wen Fuzhi looked to the south, took a deep breath, and said through gritted teeth, "Damn King Nanchang, he is trying to drive us to a dead end!"

"Although the west bank of the Wujiang River is not easy to access, there are still some common people and hunters on the east bank of the Wujiang River. As long as we find the common people and hunters, we can sell or borrow some food from them." Zhu Xi quickly thought Method.

Wen Fuzhi shook his head, laughed at himself, and said, "Believe it or not, the King of Nanchang may have already ordered people to move away temporarily. On the east bank, we can only find some footholds. If we want to really find food, the only place is Lanxi County, perhaps this is the plan of King Nanchang."

Wen Fuzhi has now seen through Li Xuan's thoughts, he just wants to force them to go to Lanxi County, so that they can't divide their troops.

And there is no doubt that the current Lanxi County has already made all preparations for war.

"Let us attack the city again. Lanxi County is not an easy city to capture like Sanhe Pass and Meiling Pass." Zhu Xi's face was embarrassed for a while.

Be it Sanhe Pass or Meiling Pass, they are just small passes after all, but Lanxi County is different.

Even if they have more than 20 ships in their hands, it will take a lot of money to capture Lanxi County.

And most importantly, time.

"Since this is the case, then we will do the opposite, keep some people to attack Lanxi, and the other part will continue to go up the river and reach the city of Muzhou. When the time comes, the opportunity will come."

Calculating thoughts flickered in Wen Fuzhi's eyes, and he narrowed his eyes unconsciously.

However, Wen Fuzhi didn't know that there was a place called Yanxi on the waterway from Lanxi to Wujiang.

(End of this chapter)